On 09/14/14 05:14, D. Eberhardt wrote: > Dear maintainers of the OpenBSD.org website, > > with the question of network adapters naming I went stuck searching for > a 'supported hardware' list. On the path from > "http://www.openbsd.org/plat.html"; to "http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html";, > "http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html#hardware"; - "Supported hardware:" I > could not find any list of hardware adapters (network, graphics, sound etc.), > that are supported by the actual release. But I remember that a few years > ago there was such a list.
ever try to maintain such a list? We did, we gave up. Problem is... manufacturers are constantly churning out new devices with old parts (which work) or changing the parts on NICs that used to work. This isn't a problem on "captive" hardware like sparc, but on commodity systems like i386, amd64 and most modern systems that use commodity buses, happens all the time. If you want to see all devices of a particular type, use "man pci" for PCI(e) NICs, "man usb" for USB devices, etc., on the system you are looking at. This is usually far more up-to-date than the website -- updating man pages is a requirement with OpenBSD developers. > (There was also a list of the available packages with a note what they're > good for, or at least a title; today I go to the FreeBSD site, search for - > say file managers - then go to the OpenBSD's packages directory, and > if the package is there, too, I can install it and look what packages the > installation requests else...) there are better ways in OpenBSD -- http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#PkgFind > The FAQ section "http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Setup.if"; > "6.2.1 - Identifying and setting up your network interfaces" explains > "If you don't know what your device name is, please look at the > _supported_hardware_list_ for your platform." from where there's a link > to the "plat.html" mentioned above. fixed. use ifconfig. Kinda wacked as it was anyway...if you want to know what is in your machine, the website can't help much. > There's also a note under "http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#flashmemLive"; > '14.17.3 - How do I create a bootable "Live" USB device?' > "after the install... create a bunch of hostname.if(5) files...". help me out, I'm not seeing the confusion here... > Of course, I could try the .rd and read the dmesg or attach a blank media > to the machine I'd like to know the network adapter name on, do a minimal > installation and look what interface the process will detect, or I could > even do a deep study into the automated installation process and learn > about the network adapter detection and later do alone that part manually, > but I'd appreciate to have a list ready. This could also be a point to > start from when collecting hardware for a new machine setup. Sorry...this just doesn't help in the REAL WORLD. Most big-name makers don't list chipsets used on their device's box, and if you go by product name, you WILL be burned regularly as they change the design of the device, but keep the marketing name the same. Small name device makers often DO include chip information on the box, which the man pages do just fine to help you find. Nick.
